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DE6REESJBIVEH.
Second Day of President Roose
velt's Visit to Harvard.
Annual Commencement Exer
cises Made Up the Programme.
WASHWOMAN CALLS.
Negress Who Cleansed His
Clothes During College Days. .
Streets Filled With Cheering
Crowds Where He Passes.
Cambridge, Mass., June 28. The sec
ond day of President Roosevelt's visit
to Harvard college to participate in
the celebration incident to the twenty
firth anniversary- of the graduating of
his class, that of 1SS0, included a var
ied program. Today was Harvard's an
nual commencement and the visit of
the president to his alma mater lent
additional interest to an event that is
eiw ays interesting. The president was
to deliver the principal address at the
'umru dinner and in addition was to
participate in a number oi festivities,
mostly of a private nature.
After having breakfast at the home of
Bishop Wiiiiam Lawrence the president
was driven to Massachusetts Hall, in
front of which ancient structure the
commencement procession was formed.
The president was accompanied by
Lieutenant Governor Guild, who repre
Femed Governor Douglas, the latter be
ing detained by illness at his home in
Brockton. The national lancers, garb
ed in their picturesque costumes with
red tunics and 1'hlan caps formed the
president's escort.
The commencement exercises included
the granting of diplomas to the gradu
ates in 'he various departments of the
university and the bestowal of honorary
degrees.
Old V aIierwqmaii t ails.
The president spent a restful night
end anions the earliest of his visitors
today, was Mary A. Taylor, the colored
woman who did the president's wash
ing while he was at college.
The streets were filled and the
cheering was continuous as the presi
dential party proceeded to Massachu
setts Hall. A few moments later they
were joined by Secretary n War Wil
liam H. Taft, accompanies by Judge
Francis C. Lowell, Charles J. Bona
parte and former Secretary of the
2avy John D. Long. and thr entire
procession then started for Sander's
t heatre.
At the theatre the commencement
parts were given as follows:
Latin Salutatory, B. A. Moore.
"A Misunderstood Party," E. E.
Brow n.
"Public Evening Schools." G. G.
Hubbard.
"The Italian In America." J. D. R.
Storey.
"The Spirit o the Present South."
W. A. Lambeth.
President Eliot then presented . the
honorary degrees.
Degrees Numbered 999.
Secretary of War William H. Taft,
Justice Edward D. White of the
Vnited States supreme court and
President James B. Angell of the Uni
versity of Michigan received the de
cree of doctor of laws. When the
name of Secretary Taft was spoken
President Eliot was stopped by the
cheering.
In all 999 degrees were conferred.
Including 415 bachelor of arts, 137
master of arts, 167 bachelor of law,
6 7 doctor of medicine and 37 out of
course.
The presidential party, including
the aged mother of Secretary Taft,
who h5d witnessed the conferring of
the degree upon her son, left the
theater at 12 o'clock and immediately
lifter their exit the doors were locked
for ten minutes. From the theate!
the president went, to the home or
President Eliot, stopping on the way
at the Germanic museum, where the
president inspected the gifts of the
German emperor.
Cables to the Kaiser.
Cambridge. Mass., June 28. President
Roosevelt today sent the follownig ca
blegram to Emperor William:
"I have just been visiting at Harvard
university and the Germanic museum,
the foundation of which we so largely
owe to your interest. I take this oc
casion to thank you and through you
the German people for the many acts
of courtesy and kindness which in re
cent years have steadily brought closer
together the German and the American
peoples. This growing friendship be-J-.vppn
the two nations means much for
the future welfare of mankind, and I
wish to thank you personally for the ef
forts vou have made to foster it.
"THEODORE ROOSEVELT."
OWED 53,000,000.
Failure of Knight, Donnelly & Co. As
sumes Gigantic Proportions.
Chicago, June 28. The failure of
the grain and stock brokerage firm of
Knight. Donnelly & Co., which occur
red several days ago, has assumed
gigantic proportions.
Although Receiver Potter has not
yet finished examination of books of
the concern, enough was learned today
to approximate the liabilities. They
will aggregate not far from $3,000,000.
The assets may sum up $2,500,000,
although these may dwindle consider
ably owing to the character of many
of the loans made by the firm.
FANS IN SUBWAY.
Underground Koute Has Proved Too
Hot for Comfort.
Xew Tork, June 2 8. Arrangements
have been perfected between officials
of the Interborough Rapid Transit
company and of the rapid transit com
mission, whereby large fans revolving
st a high rate of speed are to be
placed in manholes in the roof of the
subway at freq.uent intervals to cool
the air which, in recent weeks, has
become extremely oppressive in the
downtown sections of the underground.
Provisions were made when the tunnel
was built for such a contingency and
installation of the fans will be com
paratively an easy task. Power for
operating the fans will be easily ob
tained from the third rail.
BAPTIST WOMEN ARE HERE.
Colored Church. Workers From Several
States Participate.
The women's department of the
Baptist convention, comprising the
western and central states and the
territories, an auxiliary of the Nation
al Baptist convention, convened Tues
day in its. first anniversary service in
the "B" Street Baptist church, of
which Rev. G. W. Harts is pastor.
The convention opened under au
spicious circumstances, the roll includ
ing delegates from the states of Illi
nois, Ohio, Iowa, Nebraska, Indiana,
Missouri, Colorado and Kansas.
On account of the late arrival of
some of the delegates, the welcome
addresses and response were deferred
until the evening session, and the
morning was taken up with the regu
lar routine of business.
Many of the most brilliant pastors
of the denomination are in attendance
upon the convention, and a few short
talks were listened to.
In the absence of Rev. E. M.
Cohron of St. Joseph. Mo., Rev. T. J.
C'arr of Duquoin, 111., preached the
Introductory sermon from "Work out
your own salvation with fear and
trembling."
At the evening session an interest
ing session was opened by an address
of welcome on behalf of the church
by Miss W. Merriweather; on behalf
of the state by Mrs. Hattie E. Brown,
Kansas City, Kan.; response. Mrs. J.
B. Winrow. Independence, Mo.
Mrs. Belle Carson. Lawrence, sang
"Hold Thou My Hand;" Rev. J. E.
Ford, pastor of the Zion Baptist
church, Denver. Colo., preached from
the subject, "The result of the mis
sionary effort in Asia, Africa and
America." His sermon showed the
subdivisions of the peoples and pre
dicts the final ascendency of that race
of people that has been elevated as
a result of the missionary effort.
The election of otficers took place
today at 3:30 p. m.
TO BE HELD if ROME.
Place) Named for Next World's Sun
day School Convention.
Toronto. Ont., June 2S. The death of
Rev. E. C. Stretch, a delegate to the
World's Sunday School convention from
the Indian Territory, is announced. Mr.
Stretch was stricken with paralysis the
day he arrived in Toronto and died to
day. He was a member of the execu
tive committee.
It was announced that the next
world's convention of Sunday schools
would be held in Rome.
Largely attended meetings at Massey
hall and the Metropolitan church
brought the conference to a close. Dr.
James A. B. Scherer of Newberry col
lege, South Carolina, spoke on "The
Duty of America to Japan." He said
that no country in the world so needed
the gospel as Japan. A stirring appeal
was made by Rev. D. Webster David of
Richmond, Va., for help in solving the
problem of the south through the Chris
tian religion. Archibald Forder of
Jerusalem aroused much interest by a
recitai of his work t-mong the Arabs.
Rev. Dr. Pruddefoote of South FTam
ingham. Mass., spoke on home mission
work. W. N. Hartshorn of Boston,
chairman of the executive committee,
announced that the pledges for the next
trienaium had reached 5'5,0OO and that
the committee would not stop until they
had secured twice that amount. It was
announced that Mr. H. J. Heinze of
Pittsburg would go to Japan next year
with others as a commissioner on Sun
day school work and arrange to place
workers there. Missionary addresses
were also delivered in the Metropolitan
church by Rev. E. E. Chivers of New
York, Rev. Chauncey Murch of Luxor,
Egvpt. and Robert E. Spear of New
York.
KURfi IS NAMED.
General Manager Cain Names His
Helper McColl, Sujerintendeiit.
General Manager D. E. Cain, of the
Southwestern and Choctaw districts of
the Rock Island, reached Topeka today
from a trip of- inspection over the Choc
taw district, from Chickasha to
Memphis, Tenn., and from St. Louis to
Topeka.
He announced today the appointment
of James Kurn, of Pueblo, Colorado, to
be his chief clerk. Mr. Kurn was for
merly chief clerk for Mr. Cain when he
was general superintendent of the
Wrestern Grand division of the Sa'Hta
Fe at La Junta, and he was afterward
appointed trainmaster on the Colorado
division of theSanta Fe at Pueblo.
Mr. Kurn is now in Topeka and has
taken up the duties of his new position
with the Rock Island.
Mr. Cain also announced the promo
tion of A. C. McColl, trainmaster on
the Kansas division of the Rock Island
with headquarters at Herington, to be
superintendent of the Oklahoma divis
ion to fill the vacancy caused by the
promotions recently announced among
the superintendents on the Choctaw dis
trict. The appointment of a trainmaster
at Herington has not yet been an
nounced. WILL GET MONOTYPES.
The State Printing Commission Votes
to Use Thcin.
Monotypes won their fight over lino
types this morning before the state
printing commission. C. S. Gleed and
E. WT. Harris voted for the adoption of
the manotypes in the new state printing
plant, and Geo. E. Tucker was for the
linotypes. State Printer McNeal favor
ed the linotypes, but had no vote. No
contract for the purchase of the ma
chines has yet been entered into, and
consequently, there is still a possibility
that the commission may revise its ac
tion, and agree upon the linotypes. The
commission will meet some time in the
future to consider the price of the mo"n
otype machne.
The monotype is used only in one
office in Topeka, that of Geo. W. Crane.
The machine consists of two parts, a
keyboard and casting box. The key
board merely makes a stencil on a long
strip of paper like a hand organ roll.
This roll is fed into the casting box,
where the type is made. Two keyboards
and three casting boxes constitute the
outfit. The cost Is about $5,000. This
is higher than the cost of linotypes.
The meeting of the board was held at
the office of C. S. Gleed, and adjourned
without date for further meetings. The
only other business was the passage of
the necessary authorization for the
payment to State Printer Geo. Clark
the sum of $18,000 for the present print
ing plant e
Japanese Torpedo Boats Loom
Up on Yladiyostok Horizon.
General Kuropatkin Is Reported
to HaTe Been Killed.
OYAMA IS ADVANCING.
The Russians Under Pressure
Retire Fighting.
Seventy Thousand Said to
Cut Off by Xogi's Army.
Be
Vladivostok, June 28. Japanese
warships, believed to be torpedo boats,
were seen on the horizon today.
Japanese Advance Continues.
St. Petersburg-, June 28. A rumor
spread throughout the city last night
that General Kuropatkin had been
killed. This rumor was connected
sometimes with a report that 70,000
Russians had been cut off by General
Nogi's army and that Kuropatkin had
been taken prisoner.
Nothing confirmatory of these ru
mors has been received either by the
general staff or in press dispatches.
The members of the general staff
say that no reports of special import-
I ance have been received. A report
received from Linevitch indicates that
the Japanese advance continues stead
ily and that the Russian vanposts un
der pressure are retiring fighting.
A Disquieting Feature.
Gunshu Pass. Manchuria, June 28.
The most disquieting feature of the
strategic situation of the Russian
armies is the persistence of the re
ports that Japanese cavalry and light
infantry, with field and machine guns
are working northward of Kiren and
west of the Grand Trade route to
ward Bodune. The Japanese cavalry
on the west is under the command of
General Tamara and Akiama. Gen
eral Linevitch is not attempting seri
ously to oppose the Japanese advance
along the front but is drawing in his
outpost lines upon pressure.
Bridge Is Saved.
Harbin, Manchuria, June 28. A des
perate plot to destroy the bridge over
the Sungan river has been frustrated
in time. Under orders from the Japan
ese a number of Chinese bandits had
for some time quietly been assembling
in the village of Fudiaden to execute
the enterprise. Upon information given
by an informer the village was sur
rounded and 450 bandits armed wdth
rifles and revolvers and a large quanti
ty of dynamite were captured. The loss
of this bridge might have proved an
irreparable disaster in the event of Gen
eral Linevitch being defeated south of
the river.
CALLS IT ROBBERY.
Governor Hoch Says Stationery Firms
Try to Hold Up State.
Because of alleged "jockeying," the
state executive council this morning
rejected the bids which had been sub
mitted on the contract of supplying
the state house with all its stationery
during the coming year. Two bids
were before the council, one from the
Hall Stationery company, of Topeka,
and the other from the Zercher Sta
tionery company, of Topeka.
The council went through the bids
carefully, and discovered that articles
which are used in very limited quan
tities were cut down to cost, or below,
while the staples of which large quan
tities are needed, were annexed to a
good sized profit.
This is nothing in the world but
highway robbery," said Governor
Hoch. "I want this thing laid over,
and I propose to do a little investi
gating on my own responsibility to see
what the market prices are on these
things. What this state needs is a
purchasing agent to go out on the
market and buy these supplies at the
very best prices obtainable."
On motion of State Auditor Wells,
the bids were rejected. Attorney Gen
eral Coleman then moved that the
council readvertise for bids, and re
quire of each bidder a $500 certified
check as evidence or good faith; also
require of the successful bidder a
bond; also specify that the council re
serves the right to accept any portion
of any bid submitted. This motion
passed.
At the present time, the Zercher
company has the contract for supply
ing the state with stationery equip
ment of all kinds. Several years prior
to that, the contract was held by the
Halls.
TOPEKA WAS EIGHTH.
In Class Competition at Gymnastic
Convention at Indianapolis.
Indianapolis. June 28. The com
mittee which is supervising the work
of revising the averages of the Turners
who competed in the athletic events
of the North American gymnasium.
made public the following percentages:
Class competition (third group
class, composed of from 18 to 23 men)
central verem. Pittsburg first, 83. Oo;
Turnverein, San Francisco second.
80.5. Class competition. (second
group, teams composed of from 12 to
17 men) Turnverein Topeka, Kansas,
eighth, 70.0 3; Turnverein, Leaven
worth, Kansas, twenty-nrth, 59.68; So-
zialer Turnverein, Denver, twenty-
eighth, 56.20.
Individual contests Oscar Besse,
San Francisco, sixteenth, 77.9.
IN GOOD SPIRITS.
Secretary Hay Appears Also to Be
Gaining Strength.
Newbury, N. H.,June 28. From the
bedside of Secretary of State Hay, at
his summer home, "The Fells," it was
announced today that the secretary
passed a very comfortable night. He
appeared much stronger this forenoon
and was in excellent spirits.
BAXTER SPRINGS REUNION.
Widow of the Famous Confederate
General to Lecture.
Baxter Springs, Kas., June 28. One
of the features of the big reunion this
year will be the two lectures by Mrs.
LaSalle Corbett Pickett, widow of the
Confederate general w ho made the
famous charge at Gettysburg. There
will be many concessions, including
representations of the battle of Muk
den and the sea right between Togo
and Rojestvensky. Major Warner, of
Missouri, is to be here, and the gov
ernors of Missouri, Kansas and Okla
homa will be here and speak Septem
ber 1. An old-fashioned camp meet
ing will be .conducted by Rev. Charles
F. Parham, the evangelist. The of
ficers of the reunion association are:
President John M. Cooper.
First vice president J. J. Bribley.
Second vice president F. D. W.
Arnold.
Third vice president J. M. McNay.
Secretary C. W. Daniels.
Treasurer J. J. Fribley.
Manager of platform A. C. Hille
goss. In charge. of reception J. M. Mc
Nay. General manager Charles E. Col
lins. License agent Charles L. Smith.
HIS NAME IS SMITH.
Governor Hoch Names Private Secre
tary by Promotion.
Governor Hoch settled the private
secretary problem Tuesday afternoon
by the appointment of John H. Smith,
his executive clerk, to the position which
on July 1 will be vacated by T. A. Mc
Neal, who resigns to become state
printer.
In speaking of Mr. Smith's qualifica
tions. Governor Hoch said: "Mr. Smith
is a man of high character, fine educa
tion and absolute loyalty. He is the
kind of a man who will stand by me
through thick and thin. Though people
do not generally know it, John Smith is
a good public speaker; he makes a very
fine public appearance. He has shown
that he possesses the qualifications
which are needed in this position."
Mr. Smith said: "The appointment
came as a complete surprise to me. The
governor had never intimated that he
would do this."
Mr. Smith was born in Ililnois 39 years
ago. He came to Kansas in 1887, and
settled at Marion. Three times he was
elected as clerk of the district court,
and for a number of years taught
school. He has a wife and two chil
dren, and is very well liked by all who
have come in contact with him in his
position as executive clerk. In his new
position he will get a salary of $2,000 a
year instead of $1,500.
The appointment of Mr. Smith is in
the nature of a personal compliment.
Smith belongs to no faction, and by se
lecting him for the position of private
secretary, Governor Hoch avoids any
possible danger of offending any fac
tion. LAYS IT TO ENGLAND,
Russian Newspaper Comments on the
Moroccan Situation.
St. Petersburg, June 28. At Great
Britain's door the Novoe Vremya lays
much of the responsibility for the
Franco-German crisis, saying she is
pursuing her traditional policy of en
couraging a conflict between her com
petitors in order to profit thereby.
"Great Britain," the paper adds,
"pushed France into the Morocco ad
venture sustaining M. Delcasse, the for
eign minister in his resistance to Ger
many's claims. For decades Great
Britain's hostility has been directly
against Russia at last succeeding in
having another country accomplish a
task from which she herself shrank.
With Russia no longer dangerous for
the present, all Great Britain's ma
chinations were set in motion against
Germany, now her chief competitor in
Europe."
The Novoe Vremya thinks it quite
conceivable that in case of a conflict
Great Britain would aid France and
that then with both France and Ger
many weakened, her supremacy would
be assured for another half century.
The Novoe Vremya, however, believes
that with Premier Rouvier in charge of
jthe negotiations with France. Great
Britain s plans will be defeated and the
Moroccan affair will be satisfactorily
adjusted.
ROBBERS GET 55,000.
Three Men Hold Up a Dearborn Street
Resort in Chicago.
Chicago, June 2 8. Three armed
men held up and robbed the people
in a resort kept by Victoria Shaw in
Dearborn street early today. There
were many persons in the place and
the robbers escaped with jewelry and
money to the amount of $5,000.
Each of the men carried two re
volvers. There were five cabmen wait
ing outside, and one of the three at
tended to them while the other two
went inside. Within were fifteen
women and ten men. The two rob
bers went through the place, driving
the inmates before them.
They lined them all up together in
a room on the second floor, with their
hands in the air. After robbing
they locked them in the room and,
breaking the telephone wires, ran
from the place. The two were joined
by their companion in the street and
the three disappeared in an alley.
GO BACK TO WORK.
Only About 7,000 Out of 60,000 Lodz
Strikers Remain Out.
Warsaw, Russian Poland, June 28.
The conditions at Lodz are unchanged
excepting that most of the workmen
have returned to work. Out of 60.000
men about 7,000 from twenty-two fac
tories remain out. Martial law still pre
vails, the streets are constantly pa
trolled and the liquor shops are all
closed. The universal condemnation of
the strike movement at Lodz has had
the effect of quieting the situation and
it is expected that the remaining strik
ers will soon resume work.
' There was a reiteration on the War
saw bourse today of the rumor that the
mobilization of troops in Russian
Poland had commenced and possibly
might be expected in WTarsaw in two
days and it caused considerable excite
ment. It is claimed that if mobiliza
tion Is attempted here it will lead to ser
ious disturbances.
,S NOT GIVEN UP
Democracy Still Hopes for Reg
ulation of the Railroads.
It Is Not Yet Ready for Goyern
raent Ownership.
BUCKEYE DEMOCRATS
Assemble in State Convention at
Columbus.
Temporary ChairmanDaugherty
Sounds Keynote.
Convention Hall, Columbus, O., June
28. Chairman McKinney, of Marietta,
of the state central committee, called
the Democratic state convention to or
der today, introducing M. A. Daugher
ty of Lancaster as temporary chairman.
Mr. Daugherty said in part:
"The Democracy formulated its de
mand for the extension of the powers of
the interstate commerce commission to
regulate rates before the Republican
party awoke to the - injustice and
wrongs inflicted upon the public by the
carrying companies. The coalition be
tween Republican party and these car
rying companies is so well known and
of such long standing that there is jus
tification for the conclusion that grow
ing public sentiment has whipped that
party into a pretense of activity only
against its own will.
"It has been the historic position of
the Democracy, a position now firmly
held by it, that corporate power created
by the state to subserve the public wel
fare is always subject to the control of
the government whose creature it is.
And the remedy of the Democracy is
regulation and not governmental owner
ship, itie Democracy is not yet ready
to concede that that privilege has be
come so powerful and so entrenched in
the laws and policies of the government
that it cannot be dislodged. The De
mocracy has not abandoned the strug
gle. "Whenever Democracy shall cease to
contend against the constant aggres
sion of privilege pressing on with its
ever tightening coils, whenever De
mocracy shall no longer marshal its
legions in the defense of equal rights
and shall haul down its flag in inglori
ous surrender, then the day of govern
mental ownership and the stagnation
and decay of socialism Is at hand.
The Last Resort.
"The last resort of the people against
the oppression of privilege is govern
ment ownership. No man who knows
the history, the teachings, the tradi
tions and principles of the Democracy
dare associate its name with that of
socialism. Between Democracy and so
cialism there is no peace and no recon
ciliation. "Socialism, like tariff, trusts, monopo
ly, privilege " and corruption, comes
trooping from the poisoned womb of
Republican policies.
"Surprise is expressed that a Demo
cratic club in Chicago should have en
tertained the president. But Democrats
know what Republicans dislike to hear,
and if the president is now being borne
on the crest of the popular wave, it is
because it is understood that he sanc
tions three significant planks in the
Democratic platform, and proposes to
employ all the power of his administra
tion and his own personal influence as
well to write upon the statutes books
of the natiorp corporate control, the
regulation of transportation rates, and
the reduction of tariff, each and all of
them Democratic to the core; and to
do this against the controlling influence
of his own party. Popular favor was
never so showered upon President
Roosevelt as it is when he is sowing
the Democratic seed in Democratic soil
prepared for him by Democratic hands.
"The Democracy faces the future with
hope, with courage and with confidence.
Time and the progression of events will
vindicate its principles."
Mr. Daugherty's speech was follow
ed closely and frequently applauded
and the mention of William J. Bryan
aroused a storm of cheers which was
renewed at the end of the address. The
credentials committee reported no
contests.
Mayor Tom L. Johnson brought up
again the planks on which he was de
feated last night and today won by a
vote of 11 to 9 on that declaring for
taxation of railroads as other property
is taxed, although he was defeated 8
to 12 on the two cent railroad fare
proposition.
Judge Williams took the platform
and moved that the rules be suspended
and the temporary organization be
made permanent and the motion was
carried with a rush.
The platform was adopted as pre
sented and is as follows:
"The Democracy of Ohio in conven
tion assembled announce the following
declarations of principles:
"We note with satisfaction the de
termination of the national adminis
tration to purchase supplies for the
Panama canal in the markets of the
world and not pay tribute to our pro
tected monopolies. We trust that the
day may soon come when the com
mon people of this couutry may enjoy
the same privilege and not be com
pelled to pay the manufacturers for
the necessaries of life a higher price
than these articles are sold for by the
same manufacturers to foreign pur
chasers. "We demand of our representatives
in congress to aid in the enactment of
such laws as will prevent all rebates
and secret contracts by railways and
will guarantee the same service to
every citizen.
"We favor the conferring upon the
interstate commerce commission the
power when it finds a rate unreason
able to fix a reasonable rate.
The Platform.
"The Democratic party pledges itself
in this state election if successful to
give its utmost endeavor to eliminate
the graft and political corruption that
has been nourished and fastened upon
the state by the Republican party in
the state in the last few years. We
have seen the blighting effect of boss
rule in one of our cities and we call
upon the voters, irrespective of party
to unite in preventing its permanent
lodgement in control of our state.
"We believe in free and unqualified
home rule, free from state interfer
ence; each, city, town and village
should be allowed to decide for itself
all matters of local policy, especially
as between public , or private owner
ship of all public . utilities, including
street railways as well as waterworks
and lifhting -systems, and that pro
vision .-hould be made for submitting
such questions to the people upon re
quest from a reasonable number of
voters and at such elections, the votes
of a majority shall decide. Such
public ownership should be safeguard
ed by the merit system of appointment
and- tenure of office so as to prevent
the building up of political machines
and the perpetuation of boss rule.
"We declare that the present laws
for assessing the property of steam
railroads and other public service cor
porations should be so changed as to
compel the assessment of these prop
erties at not less than their salable
value and to prevent their evasion of
just taxation.
"We favor the election of United
States senators by direct vote of the
people.
"We favor the initiative and refer
endum especially with reference to
the issuing of municipal and county
bonds and the granting of public
franchises."
John R. McLean Resigns.
The chairman read a communica
tion from J. R. McLean resigning his
membership in the national commit
tee. The resignation was accepted. In
answer to a question the chairman
said that the vacancy would be filled
temporarily by the national commit
tee and permanently by the delegates
to the next national convention.
For the nomination for governor the
names of Lawrence T. Neal, J. M. Pat
tison, J. C. Wrelty, Brand Whitlock, B.
F. McCan, Hiram D. Peck, S. M. Hun
ter and A. R. Vancleaf, were presented.
There was no choice on the first bal
lot but Pattison led by more than 150
votes, Welty being second.
Pattison was nominated on the second
ballot.
John M. Pattison is a Cincinnati bus
iness man whose home town is Milford,
a suburb of Cincinnati.
Senator Louis B. Houck, of Knox
county, was chosen for lieutenant governor.
REGATTA DAY.
Brilliant Weather for Regatta
Contest at Poughkeepsie.
Large Crowd Gathers Along the
Hudson in Crafts.
Poughkeepsie, N. Y., June 28. Bril
liant summer w eather with a promise of
favorable water conditions in the late
afternoon marked the day of the annual
intercollegiate regatta on the Hudson.
With six of the most stalwart crews
ever prepared for. the historical rowing
event ready for the effort of their livee,
the most intensely interesting finishes
in the history of the intercollegiate as
sociation are looked for. The first event
of the afternoon is scheduled for three
o'clock when the university four-oared
crews of Syracuse, Cornell, Columbia,
Pensylvania and Wisconsin will be sent
away over the two mile course, the start
being placed just one mile above the
bridge. At 3:40 the freshman eights of
Pennsylvania, Syracuse, Columbia and
Cornell will race over the two mile dis
tance and at 5 o'clock the 'varsity
eights, the culminating event of the
year, will be sent over the full course of
four miles. In this race crews were en
tered from Columbia, Syracuse, Wis
consin, Georgetown, Pennsylvania and
Cornell. During the early morning
hours when the tide was runningstrong
ly on the flood, the water was exceed
ingly choppy and the outlook not alto
gether inviting, but along toward noon
as the tide became slack the seas died
away into ripples. With no change of
weather, the crews will race under
splendid conditions.
Columbia, Syracuse, Wisconsin,
Georgetown, Pennsylvania and Cornell
will be placed in positions as named,
the Columbia crew having position No.
1 on the west short.
Poughkeepsie filled up over night as
if by magic. Special trains have been
bringing college men, undergraduates
and alumni from all parts of the coun
try. The little city is alive with col
lege colors.
Cornell remains the favorite in the
betting and with the experts in boating
matters, no crew admitted has the pres
ent polish of the Cornell crew. Whether
they will triumph over the sturdy
brawn and grit of Syracuse and Wiscon
sin remains to be seen. Pennsylvania,
Columbia and Georgetown are all re
garded as factors. There never has been
a more open look to the big race.
Arrangements for the regatta have
been carried out on the usually elab
orate scale. The river today is dotted
with yachts and every kind of pleasure
craft imaginable is here to add to the
picturesque scenes of regatta day.
By 3 o'clock the conditions were ideal
for the four oar race. The wind had
almost died down and it had grown
much warmer.
The Pennsylvanians were the first to
arrive at the starting line.
The varsity four-oared race, crews
entered from Syracuse, Columbia, Cor
nell, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin,
started at 3:04:15.
At 500 yards Syracuse crossed Col
umbia's bow and led with Cornell
second, Pennsylvania third, Wisconsin
fourth.
Syracuse won varsity four-oared
race; Cornell second; Pennsylvania,
third.
WRECK IN COLORADO.
Freight Train Broke hi Two on Moun
tain and Crashed Into Passenger.
Denver, Col., June 28. While climbing
the steep grade into Castle Rock, Col.,
today, a heavily laden freight train go
ing south broke in two sections and 33
cars rushing down hill crashed into the
head of Colorado and Southern passen
ger train No. 12, demolishing the loco
motive. Fireman Frank McAdams of
Denver had both legs c.'t off and died
in an hour.
Nearly all the coaches of the passen
ger train were derailed and many pas
sengers were badly bruised but none, it
is reported, is fatally injured.
Among the injured are the following:
C. M. Gerstrong, Kansas City, badly
bruised.
John C. Clemens. Midland hotel, Kan
sas City, head cut and bruised.
Mrs. A. McBride, Colorado Springs,
shoulder dislocated, back and head
bruised.
W. J. Food, Seattle, Wash., right knee
injured.
M. Solomon, St. Louis, fnjured in
chest, may be internally.
H. S. Payne, Cleveland, O., left ankle
sprained, slightly injured.
A. W. Hoffman, express messenger,
left ankle badly injured.
C. P. Knight, Boise City, Idaho, cut
about head and arms.
GUT OFFjliS LEGS
Hilton Barnes, 16 Tears Old,
Horribly Mutilated.
Thrown From a Circus Train
Last Night.
JACK DOYLE ARRESTED
Claims That He Is Tictim of
Malice.
Employes Threaten Doyle With
a Rope.
Milton Barnes, a 16-year old hoy.
was thrown from the W. P. Hall circus
train at Baldwin last night, and was
run over by the train. He was badly
mangled, both feet, one arm and the
fingers of the other hand being com
pletely severed, beside internal injur
ies, and is dying at the Simmonda
Hospital in Lawrence.
The circus people say that the boy
made a statement to Brakeman Doug
las, of Argentine, to the effect that
Jack Doyle, an employe of the circus,
threw him from the train. Since hi
arrival at tie Lawrence hospital at
daylight this morning the boy has
stated that he did not know the man
who threw him from the train, but
Doyle, or Albert Love, as he gives his
name, was arrested as the train pulled
into the Santa Fe yards this morning.
The arrest was made by Officer Par
cels, of the police department. When
Doyle was taken by the policeman the
circus men made a demonstration with
a rope, and threatened to hang tho
man.
The police believe that Doyle is innocent-
He says that he was dis
charged from the circus at Ottawa by
a wagon boss with whom he had quar
reled, and get on the train to ride to
Lawrence where he intended to change
for Kansas City and catch the Haggen
bach show July 4. On the train, ac
cording to his story, he purchased
beer and whiskey from the supply
wagon, and became intoxicated. Fall
ing asleep on a fiat car he failed to
awake at Lawrence and so came
through to Topeka. "The first inti
mation of trouble was when a police
man woke me up tais morning and
stuck a revolver in my face," is tha
statement made by Doyle. He dis
claims any knowledge of the affair,
and says that his arrest is undoubtedly
the result of the enmity of the wagon
boss with whom he quarreled.
The sheriff at Lawrence has tele
phoned that he will investigate further
before coming after Doyle, as he was
told that the man who pushed the boy
from the train had taken a train for
Kansas City from Lawrence.
The show train was running in two
sections when the boy, Milton Barnes,
was thrown from the car. and his
mangled body was found by the engin
eer of the second section, which fol
lowed the first by a few minutes. Doc
tors at Lawrence say that the boy can
not live.
The Hall show is infested with boys,
ranging from 11 to 17 years of age,
and Barnes was among them.
NOME IS CUT OFF.
Forest Fires Have Destroyed the Tele
graph Line.
Seattle, Wash., June 28. Forest
fires .along the banks of the Yukon
river between the mouth of the Tan
ana river and Eagle City have cut off
all communication with Nome and St.
Michaels and for the past four days
the local cable office has been unable
to establish any communication with
these points on Bering sea. Advices
reaching here from points this side of
the break state that the fires are worse
than for several years in the district
affected. Miles of wire and poles are
believed to have been burned down.
Fire also is raging on Prince of
Wales Island and many of the resi
dents have fled to southeastern Alaska.
ESDICATIONS OF RAIN.
But Even a Circus in Town Caused No
Precipitation.
Even with a circus in town the gov
ernment prognosticator was afraid to
forecast rain. The sky has been cloudy
and to all appearances the circus
should have been excuse enough for
precipitation more than the mist which
fell this morning for a few minutes.
The forecast for Kansas is "partly
cloudy tonight and Thursday; cooler
Thursday and north and west portion
tonight." Today's corn and wheat re
gion bulletin says: "Cloudy weather
prevailed over central and eastern
Kansas. Light showers have occurred
in southern, eastern and northwestern
Kansas and western Missouri. The
day temperatures have fallen slightly
and the night temperatures have risen,
except a decided rise in day tempera
tures in northwestern Kansas."
The maximum and minimum tem
peratures reported for the 2 4 hours
ending this morning at seven o'clock,
were:
Baker, 82-60; Concordia, 86-68;
Dodge City, 88-70; Dresden, 96-68;
Fort Scott, 90-70; Macksville, 88-66;
McPherson, 90-70; Manhattan, 92-64;
Osage City, 92-70; Russell, 88-70; Se
dan, 90-74; Topeka, 85-67; Toronto,
92-68; Wichita, 86-72.
The wind at noon was east, blow
ing 6 miles an hour. The Kansas
river at seven o'clock this morning
registered 10 feet. The reading on
the river gauge yesterday morning,
was 12.4 feet. The hourly tempera
tures recorded by the government
thermometer today were:
7 o'clock 71111 o'clock 81
8 o'clock 73112 o'clock 83
9 o'clock 75 1 o'clock 8 4
10 o'clock 78 2 o'clock 85
Wind southeast 15 miles an hour.
Temperatures to Large Cities.
Chicago, June 28. Temperatures T a.
m.: New Tork, 62; Philadelphia, 65;
Chicago, 56; Cincinnati, 61; Boston, 6tj
Washington, 62; Minneapolis, 56; St.
Louis, 68.
Weather Indications.
Chicago, June 28. Forecast for Kan
sas: Partly cloudy tonight and Thurs
day; cooler Thursday arid in north and
west portions tonight; variable wiodfi
shifting to northwesw -
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